“It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
“But now i am sad and alone. i am going to become bitter and distrustful pf people because one person betrayed me. i am going to hate those who have found their treasure because i never foun mine. and i am going to hold on to the little i have, because i am too insignificant to conquer the world.”
“Like everyone else–i see the world in terms of what i would like to see happen, not what actually happens.”
“I am afraid that if my dream is realized, i’ll have no reason to go on living.”
“There was a language in the world that everyone understood…the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search ofr something believed in and desired. Tangier was no longer a strange city, and he felt that, just as he had conquered this place, he could conquer the world.”
“The day after we met, you told me you loved me. then you taught me something of the universal language and of the soul of the world. Because of that, i have become a part of you. and i am a part of your personal legend, as you call it. That’s why i want you to continue toward your goal. the dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes. that’s they way it will be with our love for each other. If i am really a part of your dream, you’ll come back one day. The desert takes our men from us, and they don’t always return. we know that and we are used to it. some do come back. and then the other women are happy because they beleive that their men may one day return, as well. i used to look at those women and envy them their happiness. now, i too will be one of the women who wait. i am a desert woman, and i am proud of that. i want my husband to wander as free as the wind that shapes the dunes.”
“The secret is here in the present. if you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. forget about the future, and live each day accorting to the teachings, confident that GOd loves his children. each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.”
“You must undrestand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his personal legend. if he abandons that pursuit, it’s because it wasn’t true love.”
“From that day on, it was the desert that would be important. she would look to it every day, would try to guess which star the boy was following in search of his treasure. she would have to send her kisses on the wind, hoping that the wind would touch the boy’s face, and would tell him that she was alive. that she was waiting for him, a woman awaiting a courageous man in search for his treasure. from that day on, the desert would represent only one thing to her: the hope for his return.”
“I should listen (to my heart) even if it’s treasonous?” “Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. if you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. because you’ll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them. you will never be able to escape from your heart. so it’s better to listen to what it has to say. that way, you’ll never have to fear an unanticipated blow.”
“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him,” his heart said. “We, people’s hearts, seldom say much about those treasures, because people no longer want to go in search of them. we speak of them only to children. few follow the path laid out for them–the path to their personal legends, and to happiness. most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.” ”Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked “Because that’s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer.” From then on, the boy understood his heart.
BRAZILIAN GENIUS. goodness. one of those “hold your breath” good books.
